In several distributed systems a user should only be able to access data if a user posses a certain set of credentials or attributes. Currently, the only method for enforcing such...
The Java language and platform have been considered by many as natural candidate for creating grid systems. The platform-independent runtime environment, safe and high-level langu...
This paper describes a Secure INtrusion-Tolerant Replication Architecture1 (SINTRA) for coordination in asynchronous networks subject to Byzantine faults. SINTRA supplies a number...
Identity federation is a powerful scheme that links accounts of users maintained distinctly by different business partners. The concept of network identity is a driver for accele...
We study the specification of access control policy in large-scale distributed systems. We present Cassandra, a language and system for expressing policy, and the results of a sub...